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9,712,324 | 1. A method for reducing or eliminating unauthorized access to a secured file, the method comprising: adding a communication portion, comprised of executable code, to the secured file; establishing a connection between the communication portion of the secured file and an authentication agent, the secured file further including an encrypted portion; requesting a decryption key, using the communication portion, from the authentication agent for accessing the secured file on a first computing device, the decryption key being based on identification information other than user information, the identification information being retrieved from at least a second computing device and a third computing device in an authenticated environment of devices including the first computing device, the authenticated environment being an environment in which the secured file was encrypted; determining, by the authentication agent, whether the first computing device is in the authenticated environment by reading a plurality of hash values of the secured file, the hash values represent the environment in which the secured file was created; converting the hash values to network locations within the authentication environment; retrieving key segments from the network locations including the second and third computing devices; determining the first computing device is not in the authenticated environment in response to determining a hash value of the hash values does not correspond to a location within the authenticated environment; and destroying the secured file, using the communication portion, subsequent to receiving a message indicating that the requesting has failed, including encrypting, using the communication portion, the secured file a plurality of times with an encryption key, the encryption key being based on data stored on the first computing device. | 25,488 |
9,667,347 | 1. An optical transmitter comprising: a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to: a digital-analog converter (DAC) configured to convert the signal with the first multivalued level compensated the non-linear distortion as a digital signal by the DSP into a analog signal; and an output port configured to output the analog signal converted by the DAC. | 32,050 |
9,493,863 | 1. A wear-resistant aluminum alloy having a complex microstructure, comprising: a range of about 30 to 36 wt % of zinc (Zn); a range of about 1 to 3 wt % of tin (Sn); a range of about 0.4 to 1.4 wt % of iron (Fe); and a balance of aluminum (Al); wherein an Al—Fe particle fraction of the wear-resistant alloy ranges from about 0.5 to about 4%; and a friction coefficient of the wear-resistant alloy is about 0.150 or less. | 10,779 |
9,067,695 | 1. A method for maximizing transfer orbit power for a solar array, the method comprising: providing at least one inboard panel for the solar array, wherein each of the at least one inboard panel comprises at least one first inboard circuit and at least one second inboard circuit; providing at least one outboard panel for the solar array, wherein each of the at least one outboard panel comprises at least one outboard circuit, wherein each of the at least one first inboard circuit, each of the at least one second inboard circuit, and each of the at least one outboard circuit comprises solar cells; bypassing the solar cells of the at least one first inboard circuit and the at least one second inboard circuit, when the solar array is in a stowed position during transfer orbit; and connecting at least one of the at least one second inboard circuit to at least one of the at least one outboard circuit, when the solar array is in a deployed position and at least one of the at least one first inboard circuit and the at least one second inboard circuit is illuminated by solar radiation. | 7,164 |
9,545,595 | 1. A method for the removal of contaminants, including at least benzene, from a carbon dioxide feeding liquid stream, originating from a carbon dioxide feeding gas stream, comprising the steps of: c. pressurizing and heating the carbon dioxide feeding liquid stream; and d. introducing the carbon dioxide feeding liquid stream into a flash column to provide a resulting benzene and NOx lean liquid stream and a carbon dioxide containing gaseous stream; e. pressurizing the resulting liquid stream leaving the flash column in step d; f. separating the liquid stream obtained in step d or e into a carbon dioxide-rich stripper off gas and a carbon dioxide-depleted liquid by means of stripping in a stripper column; and g. feeding a gaseous fraction of the carbon dioxide rich stripper off gas to the bottom of the flash column of step d. | 42,409 |
9,683,112 | 1. A thick-film paste composition comprising: a) 80-99.5 wt % of a source of electrically conductive metal; b) 0.5 to 20 wt % of a vanadium-free, tellurium-free lead-tungsten-based oxide; and c) an organic medium; wherein said source of electrically conductive metal and said vanadium-free, tellurium-free lead-tungsten-based oxide are dispersed in said organic medium and wherein the above wt % are based on the total weight of said source of electrically conductive metal and said vanadium-free, tellurium-free lead-tungsten-based oxide, said vanadium-free, tellurium-free lead-tungsten-based oxide consisting of 75-88wt % PbO and 12-25 wt % WO 3 , wherein the wt % of PbO and WO 3 are based on the total weight of said vanadium-free tellurium-free lead-tungsten-based oxide. | 7,215 |
9,473,164 | 1. A method of testing an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a plurality of binary-weighted capacitors, the method comprising: coupling an output of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to the plurality of binary-weighted capacitors, the DAC having a voltage range that is less than a voltage range of the ADC; providing a series of test codes to the DAC, the series of test codes for testing a portion of the voltage range of the ADC; outputting a test voltage corresponding to the test codes from the DAC to the plurality of binary-weighted capacitors during a sampling phase of the ADC; determining an output code from the test voltage during an ADC conversion phase; selectively coupling one or more capacitors of the plurality of binary-weighted capacitors, corresponding to a next portion of the ADC to be tested, to a reference voltage; and iteratively performing the steps of providing, outputting, determining, and selectively coupling until testing of the voltage range of the ADC is complete; wherein providing a series of test codes further comprises providing a series of test codes during a first iteration, the series of test codes representative of a linear signal having a slope determined to test about one-half of the voltage range of the ADC. | 609 |
8,408,959 | 1. A system to facilitate rescue, comprising: a length of rope, wherein a looped end is formed on the length of rope by attachment of one end of the length of the rope to a point along the length of the rope; at least two floatation components located on the looped end of rope; and at least one weight to facilitate delivery of the looped end of rope and the at least two floatation components, wherein the at least one weight comprises a bag containing weighting material. | 20,126 |
8,795,867 | 1. A battery pack, comprising: a battery module including a plurality of battery cells, each of the battery cells being spaced apart from every other battery cell; a vertical support frame for supporting the battery module; and a support portion including a bracket engaging a first surface of the battery module opposite to a second surface of the battery module that contacts the vertical support frame, and a wire for supporting the battery module with respect to the vertical support frame, the wire passing between adjacent battery cells and extending from the bracket to at least the vertical support frame, the battery module being supported from the vertical support frame by the wire and the bracket, wherein the battery module is supported with respect to the vertical support frame in such a way that every one of the plurality of battery cells contacts the vertical support frame so as to be supported with respect to the vertical support frame. | 34,037 |
9,616,426 | 1. A heater for heating fluidic elements and fluids in an in vitro diagnostics (IVD) environment, the heater comprising: an induction coil sized and configured to allow for a fluidic element to be placed therein; induction circuitry coupled to the induction coil and configured to generate a current to pass through the induction coil, thereby creating a field within the induction coil that generates heat transferrable to the fluidic element placed therein; a sensing coil sized and configured to allow for the fluidic element to be placed therein; and level-sensing circuitry coupled to the sensing coil and configured to impose a signal on the fluidic element when placed in the sensing coil and detect a change in the imposed signal, wherein the change in the imposed signal serves as an indication that the fluidic element is in contact with a fluid; wherein the fluidic element is configured to aspirate a sample fluid from the fluid contained within a sample tube; and wherein the heat is transferred to the fluidic element prior to aspiration, during aspiration, and following aspiration depending upon an order in which the fluidic element is placed within the induction coil and aspirates the sample fluid. | 12,314 |
9,458,797 | 1. A device for feeding intake fluid for an internal combustion engine, said device comprising: a throttle, equipped with a throttle body in which a first channel and a second channel for circulating said intake fluid are arranged, in which first and second movable sealing flaps are positioned for controlling the flow passing through said circulation channels, said throttle further comprising a motor for actuating said flaps and a kinematic able to actuate the first flap and/or the second flap in response to a rotation of said motor, a cooler connected to one of the first and second circulation channels of the throttle, referred to as the cooled channel, said device being configured to connect the other circulation channel of the throttle, referred to as the hot channel, to the heat engine without passing through the cooler, wherein the kinematic ensure, in case of loss of actuation of the flaps by the actuator motor, that said flaps are switched to a rest state, the flap of the cold channel then being in a fully open position and the flap of the hot channel then being in a fully closed position. | 33,719 |
9,152,823 | 1. A method of protecting data in a nonvolatile target volume, the method comprising: running an operating system (OS) file system in shadow mode in response to an occurrence of an event of interest; intercepting a write request sent from the OS file system and directed to the nonvolatile target volume, the write request including a data segment and a target location pointer that points to a target volume location; redirecting the write request to a nonvolatile shadow storage; writing the data segment in a shadow storage location without ever writing the data segment in the target volume location; creating a record in a shadow database, the record including the target location pointer and including a shadow location pointer corresponding to the shadow storage location; intercepting a read request sent from the OS file system and directed to the nonvolatile target volume, the read request including a second target location pointer that points to a second target volume location; comparing the read request to the shadow database to determine that no record having a target location pointer that matches the second target location pointer is present in the shadow database; reading a second data segment from the second target volume location; returning the second data segment to the OS file system without writing the second data segment in the shadow storage; and in response to switching to running the OS file system in standard mode, discarding the data segment from the shadow storage. | 24,562 |
8,874,734 | 1. A two-tier network system for managing communications among a plurality of shipping containers, the system comprising: a first-tier network for monitoring communications within a single container, wherein the first-tier network comprises a plurality of monitoring units within the monitored container, wherein the monitoring units comprise a sensor, a sensor manager and a processing unit, further wherein the monitoring units are wirelessly linked to one another, and further wherein at least one monitoring unit is assigned as a coordinating monitoring unit which queries and coordinates activities among the plurality of monitoring units, further wherein the role of the coordinating monitoring unit may be switched between the plurality of monitoring units; and a second-tier network for coordinating communications between a plurality of containers monitored with first-tier networks, wherein the coordinating monitoring units in each of the plurality of monitored containers is a node of the second-tier network; wherein the first-tier network is configured to work in a first sleep mode which is managed by the coordinating monitoring unit, wherein the sensor manager of the coordinating monitoring unit manages the wake up and sleep mode activities of the coordinating monitoring unit without waking the processing unit of coordinating monitoring unit; and the second-tier network is configured to work in a second sleep mode, wherein the second sleep mode is managed by a coordinating monitoring unit. | 48,426 |
9,463,506 | 1. A method of working an additively manufactured part, the method comprising: applying a layer of wax to a part manufactured with an additive manufacturing process; forming a mold over the layer of wax on the part; removing the layer of wax between the mold and the part; melting the part in the mold; re-solidifying the part in the mold; and removing the mold. | 90 |
8,988,857 | 1. A passive electronic stacked component comprising: a stack of individual electronic capacitors; a first lead secured to a first side of said stack; a second lead secured to a second side of said stack; a foot attached to said first lead and extending inward towards the second lead with a stand-off distance between said foot and said stack; and a stability pin attached to one of said foot or said first lead wherein said first lead has a cross-sectional projection ratio of at least 3:1 and wherein at least a portion of said first lead diverges towards said foot. | 38,013 |
8,997,157 | 1. An audio/video network system for distributing satellite broadcast services, said system comprising: a plurality of master receivers operable to communicate with an antenna unit for receiving the satellite broadcast services and also displaying them on a plurality of respective first televisions associated with said master receivers, each of said master receivers having a tuner-and-demodulator card for processing satellite broadcast services received from said antenna unit, and each of said master receivers having a hard drive utilized to perform digital recording functions; and a plurality of slave clients operable to communicate with each of said master receivers for receiving said satellite broadcast services and also displaying them on a plurality of second televisions respectively associated with said slave clients, wherein said plurality of slave clients are configured without a hard drive and share resources and the digital recording features from the hard drive on each of the master receivers; and wherein: each of said plurality of master receivers is configured to share resources with any other master receiver and the plurality of slave clients; there are more of the plurality of slave clients than the plurality of master receivers are able to support simultaneously; upon an unavailability of a resource, used for the satellite broadcast services, in the plurality of master receivers, one or more of the plurality of master receivers is configured to send a message to the plurality of slave clients informing a user of the unavailability; and in response to the message, the user is presented with one or more options for overcoming the availability, wherein the one or more options include turning off one or more of the plurality of slave clients. | 42,828 |
9,034,500 | 1. A laminated electrode-type battery comprising: a laminated electrode body including: a positive electrode plate in which a positive electrode core member is formed, on a part of at least one surface, with a positive electrode mixture layer; a negative electrode plate in which a negative electrode core member is formed, on a part of at least one surface, with a negative electrode mixture layer; and separators interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate, negative electrode plate, and separators being laminated so that a remaining part of the positive electrode core member and a remaining part of the negative electrode core member protrude in different directions from each other; a positive current collector joined to an end portion of the positive electrode core member protruding from the positive electrode plate of the laminated electrode body; and a negative current collector joined to an end portion of the negative electrode core member protruding from the negative electrode plate of the laminated electrode body, wherein the laminated electrode-type battery is a lithium ion secondary battery, the laminated electrode-type battery comprises: a melting point of the positive electrode connecting material is lower than a melting point of the positive electrode core member, a melting point of the negative electrode connecting material is lower than a melting point of the negative electrode core member, the positive electrode core member is made of aluminum, the negative electrode core member is made of copper, the positive electrode connecting material is made of a brazing material selected from Al—Si-based brazing material, Al—Si—Mg-based brazing material, Al—Zn-based brazing material, and Zn—Sn-based brazing material, and the negative electrode connecting material is made of a brazing material selected from Ni-based brazing material, Ag-based brazing material, and Cu-based brazing material. | 11,670 |
9,301,146 | 1. A method comprising: at a server system, at the server system, in response to the received access request from the mobile wireless device, | 11,566 |
8,972,036 | 1. A method of controlling a substrate processing apparatus comprising a transfer mechanism located inside a transfer chamber connected to a plurality of process chambers configured to process substrates and configured to transfer the substrates between the transfer chamber and the plurality of process chambers, a process controller connected to each of the plurality of process chambers to control a processing of the substrates in each of the plurality of process chambers, an integrated controller connected to the process controller to control an operation of the transfer mechanism and a manipulation unit connected to the integrated controller and the process controller, the manipulation unit being configured to transmit a command thereto and to receive an operation report from the transfer mechanism via the integrated controller, the method comprising: (a) displaying a setting screen for selecting one of a maintenance mode wherein a maintenance check of the plurality of process chambers is performed, a QC mode wherein a quality control substrate is processed in the plurality of process chambers after performing the maintenance check and a production mode wherein a production substrate is processed in the plurality of process chambers, (b) controlling the transfer mechanism to inhibit a transfer of the substrates into a predetermined process chamber of the plurality of process chambers when the predetermined process chamber is set to the maintenance mode on the setting screen; (c) controlling the transfer mechanism to transfer the quality control substrate into the predetermined process chamber while inhibiting a transfer of the product substrate into the predetermined process when the predetermined process chamber is set to the QC mode on the setting screen; and (d) controlling the transfer mechanism to transfer the product substrate into the predetermined process chamber while inhibiting a transfer of the quality control substrate into process chambers of the plurality of process chambers other than the predetermined process chamber when the predetermined process chamber is set to the production mode on the setting screen. | 22,514 |
9,213,733 | 1. A method for identifying trends on social media, blogs, blogging website, news, e-commerce, and other websites, comprising: receiving a specified search topic from a user's personal computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or other computing device or terminal; searching for the specified search topic one or more social media networks, news, blogs or blogging websites, e-commerce or other websites, to identify messages posted to the one or more social media or other websites related to the specified topic; receiving a selection of one or more attributes potentially associated with each of the identified messages from the remote computer; classifying each of the identified messages according to the one or more selected attributes; generating a visual representation indicating a quantity of the identified messages classified according to the one or more selected attributes; providing the visual representation to a remote computer; analyzing of each of the identified messages to determine whether there exists a favorable attitude, a neutral attitude, or an unfavorable attitude toward the specified topic; wherein results of the analyzing step are correlated by preference; calculating a subjectivity index indicating what proportion of the identified messages represent a favorable or an unfavorable attitude toward the specified topic, as compared to a total number of the identified messages; wherein the subjectivity index, I, is calculated according to an equation comprising: wherein: Total Favorable includes a quantity of the identified messages indicating the favorable attitude toward the specified topic; Total Unfavorable includes a quantity of the identified messages indicating the unfavorable attitude toward the specified topic; and Total Neutral includes a quantity of the identified messages indicating the neutral attitude toward the specified topic. | 33,802 |
8,420,429 | 1. A method for manufacturing a back side illumination image sensor reduced in chip size, the method comprising: a first step of distinguishing a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region in a semiconductor substrate; a second step of forming a photodiode, which receives light illuminated from a back side of the semiconductor substrate and generates photocharge, beneath a surface of a front side of the semiconductor substrate in the pixel region, and forming a transfer transistor to transfer the photocharge generated by the photodiode; a third step of forming an interlayer insulating layer above the front side of the semiconductor substrate, in which the photodiode is formed; a fourth step of forming first and second metal wiring layers, which electrically connect the photodiode and the peripheral circuit region, in the interlayer insulating layer, and such that the first metal wiring layer is position between the second metal wiring layer and the photodiode; and a fifth step of forming a capacitor region comprising a plurality of capacitors formed from a third metal wiring layer and a fourth metal wiring layer, such that the capacitor region is formed above the second metal wiring layer, and such that the second metal wiring layer M | 5,875 |
9,169,017 | 1. An illumination fixture for an aircraft comprising: an illumination source, the illumination source having a plurality of LEDs in a plurality of colors; a communication component coupled to the illumination source to generate variable color light emissions; and an optical module attached to the illumination source for collection of light emissions from the illumination source and distribution of the collected light emissions over a desired distribution profile, the optical module being adaptive to shape the variable color light emissions to a desired pattern, wherein the optical module comprises: a collimator lens attached to the illumination source to align the variable color light emissions from the illumination source to form a collimated beam; a structured micro lens array (SMLA) spatially separated from and in light communication with the collimator lens to distribute the collimated beam over a desired distribution profile, the SMLA positioned approximately planer to the collimated beam exiting the collimator lens; and a reflective device spatially separated from and in light communication with the collimator lens, the reflective device redirecting the collimated beam exiting the collimator lens towards the SMLA, the reflective device at a non-straight angle relative to both the collimator lens and the SMLA. | 48,210 |
9,694,483 | 1. A pneumatic-powered tool comprising: a pneumatic motor that is energized by a pressurized fluid supplied to the pneumatic motor through a hose; wherein the pneumatic motor is not energized by electricity; wherein the pneumatic-powered tool includes an adapter; wherein the adapter includes: a housing having a tool interface and a charger interface, the tool interface includes a cavity that receives a portion of the pneumatic tool in the cavity, the charger interface shaped to be received by a charger unit that is configured for charging a battery of an electric tool; a tool connector disposed at the tool interface that removably couples to electronics of the pneumatic tool; a charger connector disposed at the charger interface and configured to be removably coupled to electronics of the charger unit; wherein the tool connector is located opposite the charger connector; wherein the housing is configured to be supported by the charger unit; and an adapter circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to both the tool connector and the charger connector, wherein the adapter circuit is configured to receive a first power signal via the charger connector and to supply a second power signal via the tool connector; and wherein the tool connector is configured to supply power to a battery inside the pneumatic tool. | 27,432 |
9,199,965 | 1. A compound having the following Chemical Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R each R A is O or CO; n is an integer equal to 0 or 1; W is N or CR X is N or CR R R Q Q Q Q R R R R each R | 44,041 |
8,874,353 | 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an EGR assembly that includes an EGR passage to communicate an exhaust passage and an intake passage of the internal combustion engine and an EGR valve to control an amount of exhaust gas that passes through the EGR passage, wherein the EGR assembly recirculates a portion of the exhaust gas to the intake passage as EGR gas; a fuel cut control section that executes a fuel cut control, in which fuel injection in the internal combustion engine is stopped, when the internal combustion engine is decelerating; and a deceleration-cancellation fuel injection control section that, when the internal combustion engine stops decelerating and the fuel cut control is stopped, injects a prescribed amount of fuel for a predetermined period after the fuel cut control is stopped such that the prescribed amount when an amount of EGR gas present in an intake system of the internal combustion engine is larger is equal to or smaller than that when the amount of such EGR gas is smaller, wherein the amount of EGR gas present in the intake system of the internal combustion engine when the fuel cut control is stopped is estimated based on at least one of (i) an operational state of the internal combustion engine immediately before the fuel cut control is executed, and (ii) a state of the EGR assembly immediately before the fuel cut control is executed. | 5,023 |
9,407,943 | 1. A method to process digital broadcast data, the method comprising: receiving, by a receiver in the DTV receiver, a digital television (DTV) stream, the DTV stream containing a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT carrying a program schedule for a virtual channel; obtaining, by a digital television (DTV) decoder in the DTV receiver, a genre descriptor and a caption service descriptor from the EIT, the genre descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag field identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor; a descriptor length field, which is an 8-bit unsigned integer, specifying a length, in bytes, of fields which immediately follow the descriptor length field to an end of the genre descriptor, wherein the fields include: a category selection code, the category selection code being an attribute code value for an associated event in the DTV stream, the attribute code value specifying a basic genre or category type or detail attribute for the associated event in the DTV stream, and the attribute code value matching a value for the basic genre or category type or detail attribute in a categorical genre code assignments table defined in Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) A/65 standard; and wherein the genre descriptor accommodates a plural attribute code values such that the receiver receives the plural attribute code values sequentially without intervention, and each attribute code value is defined in the categorical genre code assignments table that is ordered from basic genre or category type to detail attribute, and the genre descriptor references entries in the categorical genre code assignments table, and when a plurality of attribute code values are included in the genre descriptor, the basic genre or category type or the detail attribute code values are specified by 8-bit unsigned integer and at least one attribute code value is specifying a basic genre, wherein the EIT includes a title of an event and wherein the VCT includes a major channel number field and a minor channel number field. | 19,622 |
8,556,771 | 1. A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system including (a) an electrically controlled differential portion having a differential mechanism disposed between an engine and a drive wheel of a vehicle, and a differential-portion electric motor operatively connected to the differential mechanism such that a differential state of the differential mechanism is controllable by controlling an operating state of the differential-portion electric motor, and (b) a transmission portion constituting a part of a power transmitting path, said control apparatus comprising: a shifting-point changing portion configured to change a shifting point at which a determination to perform a shifting action of said transmission portion is made, such that said shifting point is changed according to a shifting response of said transmission portion, and a control portion which stores data representative of an operable zone of said differential-portion electric motor obtained by experimentation while taking account of a maximum permissible output, thermal durability and mechanical durability of the differential-portion electric motor. wherein: in both cases of a shift-up action and a shift-down action of the transmission portion, said shifting-point changing portion changes said shifting point such that a moment of said determination to perform the shifting action of the transmission portion is advanced as said shifting response is reduced, and increases an amount of change of said shifting point with an increase of a running speed of the vehicle, wherein the amount of change of said shifting point is determined based on a predetermined chart that shows a relationship between the running speed of the vehicle and the amount of change of said shifting point, and said control portion controls the differential-portion electric motor such that an operating point of the differential-portion electric motor is operated within said operable zone and such that said operating point does not reach an operable limit which defines a periphery of said operable zone. | 48,782 |
9,452,656 | 1. A damper control apparatus for damping vibration of an unsprung member by controlling a damping force of a damper in a vehicle, the damper being interposed between a sprung member and the unsprung member, the damper control apparatus comprising: a vibration level detecting unit configured to detect a vibration level, the vibration level serving as a magnitude of vibration of the unsprung member; a stroke speed detecting unit configured to detect a stroke speed of the damper; a command value calculating unit configured to so determine a control command value that an incline of a characteristic line between the control command value and the stroke speed of the damper increases as the vibration of the unsprung member increases, the control command value being a command value for controlling the damping force of the damper; and a driving circuit configured to output current to control the damping force in accordance with the control command value determined by the command value calculating unit. | 9,135 |
9,090,171 | 1. A system for immobilizing a vehicle, the system comprising: a processor configured to determine a charging state of the vehicle, wherein when the charging state of the vehicle is ready to charge then the vehicle is immobilized; a charging port configured to be disposed within the vehicle; an immobilization device including a charging port interface configured to be coupled with the charging port, the charging port interface being configured to communicate signals to the processor through the charging port to change the charging state of the vehicle to ready to charge, wherein when the charging state of the vehicle is passive the vehicle is mobile. | 30,989 |
9,385,954 | 1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program that, when executed by at least one processing unit, generates a hash to process a packet, the program comprising sets of instructions for: dividing at least a portion of a packet's header into a plurality of chunks, including a set of chunks that are of equal size; hashing the set of chunks to generate a set of hashes; for each remaining chunk, hashing the remaining chunk into one of the generated hashes in the set of hashes; merging the set of hashes with one another to produce a final hash for the portion of the header; and processing the packet based on the final hash. | 25,649 |
8,675,806 | 1. An apparatus defining a coolant flow passage in a nuclear reactor, the apparatus comprising: a base material, the base material being electrically conductive and having a surface configured to define a portion of the coolant flow passage; a base dielectric layer formed on the surface of the base material, the base dielectric layer being substantially continuous, the base dielectric layer being a Ta an outer dielectric layer formed on the base dielectric layer, the outer dielectric layer being substantially continuous, the outer dielectric layer defining a wetted surface in the coolant flow passage, the outer dielectric layer being a TiO wherein the outer dielectric layer has a thickness between about 0.5 to 3 μm. | 12,974 |
9,806,668 | 1. A system for mounting photovoltaic modules on a tile roof comprising: a mounting bracket, including a base portion with at least one through-hole formed therein for attaching to a roof deck and a projecting portion configured for attaching one or more photovoltaic module mounting components; a flashing support member having a flat roof-facing surface, and a curved array-facing surface, wherein the curved array-facing surface at least partially mimics a contour of a roof tile and includes a plurality of slots formed therein to allow the projecting portion of the mounting bracket to pass through at different positions; and a flashing portion having an elastic opening in a surface thereof, said opening adapted to permit the mounting bracket to pass through, wherein the flashing portion is comprised of a material capable of conforming to contours of the flashing support member and four surrounding tiles. | 3,830 |
8,492,509 | 1. A terminal-sulfur functionalized polymer, comprising: said polymer derived from a halogenated aromatic compound, a functional monomer having at least two terminal functional groups and a sulfur-containing material, wherein said polymer includes at least one sulfur-functionalized terminal group, wherein said polymer has the following formula (1): wherein each A, independently, is a connecting group comprising one or more of an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a heteroaromatic ring, a polymer, wherein each B, independently is nitrogen (NH), a tertiary amine, oxygen or sulfur, wherein each S, independently, is sulfur or a sulfur cluster, wherein each X, independently is hydrogen, a metal, ammonium, or a combination thereof, wherein each of n, m and k are integers ranging from 0 to 500 with the proviso that at least one of n and m are at least one, and p is an integer ranging from 1 to 200. | 45,588 |
9,640,816 | 1. A flow battery pack with a monitoring system, wherein the flow battery pack comprises: a battery pack device, including a pole plate ( a monitoring device including a measuring probe ( the measuring probe ( a probe piece ( a connecting part ( | 45,393 |
9,017,963 | 1. A method for detecting the presence or absence of a wound pathogenic bacterium in a sample of wound fluid obtained from a subject, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the sample with a detectably labeled polypeptide substrate comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 or 10, or an amino acid sequence having at least 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 or 10; and (b) detecting the modification or the absence of the modification of said substrate wherein the presence of said modification of said substrate indicates the presence of said wound-pathogenic bacterium in said sample, and the absence of modification of said substrate indicates the absence of said wound-pathogenic bacterium in said sample. | 33,624 |
8,741,871 | 1. A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein X represents phenyl, naphthyl, or a group represented by R wherein R wherein n and n′ independently represent an integer of 0 to 3, with the proviso that the compound is not the following compounds: (1) a compound, in which X represents R (2) a compound, in which X represents R (3) a compound, in which X represents R (4) a compound, in which X represents R (5) a compound, in which X represents R (6) a compound, in which X represents phenyl, X′ represents phenyl, and n and n′ represent 0. | 21,083 |
9,620,738 | 1. A flat panel display device, comprising: a substrate including a first region and a second region; a display unit disposed in the first region on the substrate; a barrier disposed in the first region on the substrate, disposed on an outer side of the display unit, and disposed away from the second region; and a sealing structure for covering and sealing the display unit, the sealing structure including at least two first layers comprising an inorganic material and at least one second layer comprising an organic material, said sealing structure contacting the barrier, wherein the at least two first layers and the at least one second layer of the sealing structure are disposed at both of a side facing the display unit of the barrier and an opposite side facing the second region of the barrier, and the at least two first layers and the at least one second layer are alternatively disposed on each other, wherein the each of the at least one second layer includes | 32,587 |
9,318,772 | 1. A lithium-ion accumulator, comprising: an anode; a cathode; a separator; and an electrolyte in contact with the anode and the cathode, the electrolyte including: | 41,161 |
9,343,776 | 1. An electrolyte for an electrochemical device, comprising: 9.95-19.95 wt % of a salt, 80.0-90.0 wt % of a non-aqueous solvent, and 0.05-10.00 wt % of an additive comprising a compound represented by following formula: | 49,707 |
9,118,267 | 1. A fan control circuit comprising: a first resistor and a second resistor; a fan comprising a control pin; a hardware controller connected to the control pin of the fan; a rectifier circuit connected to the hardware controller; a first electronic switch comprising a first terminal connected to the rectifier circuit, a second terminal connected to a direct current (DC) power supply through the first resistor, and a third terminal grounded; a second electronic switch comprising a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first electronic switch, a second terminal connected to the DC power supply through the second resistor, and a third terminal grounded; and a third electronic switch comprising a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the second electronic switch, a second terminal connected to the control pin of the fan, and a third terminal connected to the DC power supply; wherein when the hardware controller outputs a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to the rectifier circuit and the control pin of the fan, the rectifier circuit transforms the PWM signal into a DC voltage and outputs the DC voltage to the first electronic switch, the first electronic switch is turned on, the second and third electronic switches are turned off, a rotation speed of the fan is controlled by the PWM signal received from the hardware controller; and wherein when the hardware controller does not output the PWM signal, the rectifier circuit does not output the DC voltage, the first electronic switch is turned off, the second and third electronic switches are turned on, the DC power supply supplies power to the control pin of the fan through the third electronic switch, and the fan rotates at full speed. | 17,641 |
9,254,935 | 1. A compact portable carrier for a flexible bag containing comminuted material, provided with a set of straps and an end thereof and a closable spout at another end thereof, comprising: a lower assembly including a base member disposed peripherally relative to a vertical centerline, and a set of vertical members rigidly mounted on said base member, spaced peripherally about said centerline; an upper assembly including a support member provided with means for detachably connecting to an overhead member, a set of members attached to said support member spaced peripherally relative to said vertical centerline, each extending laterally and downwardly and having end portions each telescopically connected to a vertical member of said lower assembly; means provided on each laterally and downwardly extending member of said upper assembly and a telescopically connected vertical member of said lower assembly for fixing interconnections thereof in selective displacements thereof; means disposed on said support member between each set of laterally and downwardly disposed members of said upper assembly for attaching straps of a flexible bag disposed within said assemblies and suspended from said upper assembly; and means mounted on said lower assembly functional upon operation thereof to engage and jostle a bag depending from said first assembly and depending through said assemblies to enhance the flow and discharge of material within said bag through the spout thereof. | 1,199 |
9,375,927 | 1. Apparatus for digital printing on articles, comprising: a drum rotatable about a central axis; a plurality of piece-holder elements carried by the rotatable drum, circumferentially distributed around said central axis and each configured for carrying an article being processed; advancement devices operating on the rotatable drum to transfer the piece-holder elements sequentially through at least a printing station; at least one printhead installed in said printing station and carrying ink dispensers distributed along a dispensing area having a main extension direction of predetermined length parallel to the extension axis of the article, wherein said ink dispensers are selectively activated to create a printing pattern on a side surface of the article carried by each piece-holder element; transverse-movement devices for translating the side surface of the articles in the printing station transversely to the main extension direction of the dispensing area; auxiliary movement devices configured for shifting the printhead parallel to the main extension direction of the dispensing area, and sequentially in successive movement steps to print the printing pattern on respectively adjacent longitudinal portions of said side surface in several successive printing stages, while maintaining the printhead stationary during performance of each printing stage; and a control unit operating on the auxilliary movement devices and on the printhead to turn off the ink dispensers during each movement step of the printhead. | 8,598 |
9,317,287 | 1. A multiprocessor system comprising a first processor and a second processor that executes processing by receiving a notification from the first processor, wherein the first processor includes: when the determination unit determines that the debug mode is set, the specification unit stops specifying instructions upon specifying the processing request instruction, and resumes specifying instructions after the detection unit detects the completion of the processing corresponding to the notification. | 44,675 |
8,486,396 | 1. A method of treating type 1 diabetes in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-SR-B1 antibody, thereby treating the type 1 diabetes in the subject. | 24,688 |
8,757,363 | 1. A method of controlling at least a portion of a conveyor with a first conveyor controller including first and second network interfaces, the method comprising: detecting with the first conveyor controller whether a second conveyor controller is connected to the first conveyor controller; in response to detecting that there is a second conveyor controller connected to the first conveyor controller, identifying with the first conveyor controller whether the second conveyor controller is connected to a predetermined one of the first and second network interfaces of the first conveyor controller; if a second conveyor controller is connected to the predetermined network interface, the first conveyor controller configuring itself to operate the at least a portion of the conveyor in a downstream direction by rotating a motorized roller in a first predetermined direction; and if a second conveyor controller is not connected to the predetermined network interface, the first conveyor controller configuring itself to operate the at least a portion of the conveyor in the downstream direction by rotating the motorized roller in a second predetermined direction. | 35,432 |
8,876,916 | 1. A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor having a solid electrolyte layer, comprising the steps of: forming a conductive polymer layer by a chemical polymerization method and/or an electrolytic polymerization method, using a polymerization liquid containing at least a monomer and a first dopant-introducing agent; and forming said solid electrolyte layer including the step of forming said conductive polymer layer, wherein | 15,858 |
9,508,973 | 1. An electrode assembly for a secondary battery, the electrode assembly comprising: a positive electrode layer comprising a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode coating coated on a portion of the positive electrode collector, the positive electrode collector having at least one uncoated portion having a first dimension between an end of the positive electrode collector and an end of the positive electrode coating and a second dimension having first and second ends extending generally perpendicular to the first dimension, a negative electrode layer comprising a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode coating coated on a portion of the negative electrode collector, the negative electrode collector having at least one uncoated portion having a first dimension between an end of the negative electrode collector and an end of the negative electrode coating and a second dimension having first and second ends extending generally perpendicular to the first dimension, a separator for insulating the positive and negative electrode layers from each other, a positive electrode tab attached to a first side of the uncoated portion of the positive electrode collector, a negative electrode tab attached to a first side of the uncoated portion of the negative electrode collector, and at least one adiabatic layer attached to at least one of the negative electrode collector and the positive electrode collector, wherein the adiabatic layer is attached to a second side of the negative or positive electrode collector opposite the first side, the adiabatic layer having a first dimension along the first dimension of the respective positive electrode collector or negative electrode collector and a second dimension having first and second ends extending along the first and second ends of the second dimension of the respective positive electrode collector or negative electrode collector, wherein the adiabatic layer covers more area on the uncoated portion of the positive or negative electrode collector than respective said positive or negative electrode tab, wherein the adiabatic layer extends beyond at least two opposite edges of the respective said positive or negative electrode tab, wherein a width along the first and second ends of the second dimension of the adiabatic layer is smaller than a width along the first and second ends of the second dimension of the uncoated portion of the electrode collector, wherein the adiabatic layer is positioned on the electrode collector without contacting the respective said positive or negative electrode coating, and wherein one of the first or second ends of the second dimension of the adiabatic layer is at one of the first or second ends of the second dimension of the uncoated portion of the positive or negative electrode collector, wherein the adiabatic layer is configured to substantially prevent melting and/or contraction of the separator. | 19,768 |
8,586,484 | 1. A method of forming a film, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a deposition chamber containing a first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode, a material gas therein, and a substrate on the first electrode; (b) grounding the first electrode; (c) supplying radio frequency power and a bias voltage to the second electrode, thereby to form a film from the material gas on the substrate by plasma CVD; (d) determining a first average potential of the second electrode with respect to the first electrode, with the radio frequency power supplied thereto without the bias voltage; and (e) during step (c), adjusting a second average potential of the second electrode with respect to the first electrode, to be less than the first average potential. | 46,032 |
8,710,757 | 1. A power converter for an LED assembly, the power converter comprising: a switched mode power supply arranged to power the LED assembly; an AC/DC converter arranged to provide a variable DC supply voltage to the switched mode power supply; and powering the LED assembly, the control unit being arranged to control the AC/DC converter, in accordance with the required load voltage; wherein the control unit is arranged to control the AC/DC converter to provide the variable DC supply voltage at a level substantially matching or proportional to the required load voltage; wherein the AC/DC converter comprises a transformer arranged to provide a variable AC output voltage based on a control signal from the control unit; and a first rectifier for converting the variable AC voltage to the variable DC supply voltage; and wherein the transformer comprises a primary winding having multiple terminals connectable to an AC power source via a selector element, said selector element being controlled by the control signal of the control unit, and a secondary winding connected to the first rectifier. | 32,031 |
9,796,724 | 1. A compound selected from the group consisting of: 5-((R)-2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-N-((trans)-4-hydroxycyclohexyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; (R)-5-(2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-N-(1-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopropyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; (R)—N-(2-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethyl)-5-(2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; 5-((R)-2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-N—((S)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; (R)-5-(2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; (R)—N-cyclopropyl-5-(2-(5-fluoropyridin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; (R)-5-(2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-N-(2-methyl-1-(methylsulfonamido)propan-2-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; (R)—N-cyclopropyl-5-(2-(3-fluoro-5-(2-methoxyethoxy)phenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; 5-((R)-2-(5-fluoropyridin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-N-((cis)-4-hydroxycyclohexyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; N-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-5-((R)-2-(5-fluoropyridin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; 5-((R)-2-(2-ethyl-5-fluoropyridin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-N-((trans)-4-hydroxycyclohexyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide; and (R)—N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-5-(2-(5-fluoro-1-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 45,476 |
9,500,181 | 1. A method for controlling operation of a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a rotor carrying one or more wind turbine blades, and a generator arranged to be coupled to a power grid, the method comprising: monitoring the power grid in order to determine whether or not there is a match between a demand for energy defined by power consumers connected to the power grid and supply of energy from power producers connected to the power grid, in the case that ( reversing an energy flow through the generator upon receipt of the reversing signal, thereby causing the generator to consume power received from the power grid. | 47,002 |
8,544,253 | 1. A device ( 10 ) for on-site fitting and extraction of pivot pins ( 12 ) of chain links ( 14 , 16 ) which comprise an alternating sequence of external links ( 14 ) and internal links ( 16 ), each external link ( each internal link ( a tubular spacer ( the external links and the internal links being articulated at said pierced ends of the parallel side pieces of the external links and the parallel side pieces the internal links via associated pivot pins ( said device ( each of the said hydraulic cylinders ( each of the said hydraulic cylinders ( the stress being sufficient to push the associated one pivot pin ( wherein each hydraulic cylinder ( a tubular body ( a rod ( wherein each said tubular body ( | 27,591 |
9,202,354 | 1. A method of generating a haptic effect on a device using an Eccentric Rotating Mass (ERM) actuator, the method comprising: determining a vibration level of the device during operation of the device; receiving a haptic effect signal comprising one or more parameters, wherein one of the parameters is a voltage amplitude level as a function of time; varying the voltage amplitude level based at least on vibration level; and applying the varied haptic effect signal to the ERM actuator. | 32,778 |
9,024,539 | 1. A PFC LED driver capable of reducing flicker, comprising: a bridge rectifier, used to generate a full-wave-rectified line input voltage according to an AC power; a single stage PFC constant average current converter, coupled with said bridge rectifier and used for forcing an input current to track said full-wave-rectified line input voltage and regulating an average value of an output current at a first preset value; a peak current regulator, in series with an LED module to form a load for said output current to flow through and used for regulating a peak of said output current at a second preset value, said peak current regulator comprising: a peak current setting unit, having an output end to provide a clamping current for setting said second preset value; a first PMOS transistor, having a first gate, a first drain, and a first source, said first gate and first drain being coupled to said output end of said peak current setting unit, and said first source being coupled to a current input node, wherein said current input node is used for said output current to flow into said peak current regulator; and a second PMOS transistor, having a second gate, a second drain, and a second source said second gate being coupled to said first gate of said first PMOS transistor, said second drain being coupled to a current output node, and said second source being coupled to said current input node, wherein said current output node is used for said output current to flow out of said peak current regulator. | 30,503 |
9,161,840 | 1. A prosthetic total hip joint comprising: a modular prosthetic femoral stem component for seating in a proximal section of a resected femur; and a prosthetic acetabular cup component for seating in a socket of an acetabulum; wherein said modular prosthetic femoral stem component comprises a body element, a neck element, and a stem element; wherein said body element consists of four substantially flat sides comprising an anterior wall, a posterior wall, a lateral aspect, and a medial aspect, which are configured so as to form a generally trapezoidal configuration comprising four vertices, with said lateral aspect and said medial aspect being generally parallel to one another, and with the anterior wall and the posterior wall tapering towards one another in the medial direction, so as to provide rotational stability within the resected femur; and wherein each of the four vertices of said body element is provided with a rounded non-angular configuration; said body element being sized and configured to closely approximate the inner contour of the hard cortical bone of the resected femur while leaving a small amount of compacted cancellous bone between the body element and the cortical bone of the resected femur, such that said body element is adapted to fit in the resected femur; said body element being provided with an aperture into which a portion of said neck element and said stem element extend; wherein said body element and said stem element are joined together by a modular connection; said stem element being of a size and configuration for seating within a medullary canal of the femur; wherein said body element and said neck element are joined together by a second modular connection; wherein said neck element is provided with a ball portion fixed thereon and adapted for seating in said acetabular cup; said body element, said neck element, and said stem element being adapted to be secured to one another to form said prosthetic femoral stem component. | 42,450 |
9,626,396 | 1. An information logger that records rotation information of a spinning top, comprising: an attachment on the logger that detachably attaches a separate launcher that includes a rotational mechanism and that applies a rotational force to the spinning top; a rotation-rate detector that detects a rotation rate of the spinning top during application of the rotational force by the launcher to the spinning top; a storage unit that stores the rotation information of the spinning top acquired based on a result detected by the rotation-rate detector; and an output unit that outputs the rotation information stored in the storage unit. | 49,375 |
8,574,044 | 1. A belly hook attachment comprising; a first support arm; a second support arm spaced from the first arm, the first support arm and second support arm receiving first, second and third pins; a belly hook support arm carried by the first pin and pivotable about the first pin; a belly hook carried by the belly hook support arm; a translational member carried by the belly hook support arm and engagable with a track on a conveyor assembly such that the interaction between the track and the translational member results in pivotal movement of the belly hook support arm about the first pin between the second pin forming an upper stop and third pin forming a lower stop, thereby moving the belly hook. | 2,861 |
9,034,375 | 1. A water-in-oil emulsion composition comprising: (a) an aqueous dispersion of an oil-soluble ultraviolet absorber; (b) a polyoxyalkylene modified polysiloxane having a molecular weight of 2000 or more; and (c) 5% by mass or less of an ultraviolet scattering agent; wherein the oil-soluble ultraviolet absorber is bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine, and wherein the component (a) is contained in an internal phase. | 37,035 |
8,470,584 | 1. A bioreactor apparatus comprising: (a) a container having sidewalls, a floor and a ceiling defining a chamber housing a mixture of liquid growth media and photosynthetic microorganisms; (b) a plurality of optical fibers, each of the fibers having a first end disposed outside the chamber and a second end disposed in the mixture, the second end having a tip from which a light beam exits the fiber, wherein the tip of the second end of each fiber is the only region of the fiber in the mixture from which a substantial amount of light exits; (c) a light collector spaced from the container, the light collector having light incident thereon and focusing the light onto the first ends of the plurality of optical fibers; and (d) at least one nozzle in fluid communication with a source of gas containing at least carbon dioxide, the nozzle disposed in the mixture beneath the second ends of the optical fibers for injecting the gas into the mixture and causing microorganisms to flow from darker regions spaced from the second ends of the fibers and along sides of fibers to the second ends of the fibers and thereby be exposed to light exiting the second ends of the fibers. | 34,119 |
9,553,636 | 1. A contactless electricity supply device comprising: a second coil that sends electricity to a first coil contactlessly at least through magnetic coupling therebetween; a third coil provided at a first side of the second coil, wherein the first side faces the first coil; and a foreign object detector that detects a foreign object between the first coil and the second coil on a basis of a change of an induced voltage occurring in the third coil, wherein the change of the induced voltage results from a change of magnetic flux between the first coil and the second coil, wherein the third coil includes a plurality of coils, wherein the third coil is arranged parallel to the first side of the second coil facing the first coil, and wherein each of the plurality of coils of the third coil is sector-shaped, and arranged to extend radially from a central point of the second coil. | 23,737 |
9,496,803 | 1. A method for generating a three phase ac mains power supply from a plurality of photovoltaic panels, the method comprising: connecting dc power outputs from the plurality of photovoltaic panels in parallel to an input of a power conditioning unit; and converting an input flow of dc power from the dc power outputs into the three phase ac mains power supply using the power conditioning unit, wherein the converting comprises converting the input flow of dc power into an intermediate flow of dc power on a dc link of the power conditioning unit coupled to an energy storage capacitor having a ripple voltage that is proportional to the intermediate flow of dc power on the dc link, and converting the intermediate flow of dc power to the three phase ac mains power supply with a dc to ac converter that is controlled to maximize the ripple voltage on the energy storage capacitor. | 14,166 |
8,848,855 | 1. A power module comprising: a containment vessel completely submerged in a pool of liquid; a reactor vessel housed in the containment vessel; and a support structure that comprises support arms coupled to opposed sides of the containment vessel, the support structure located at an approximate midpoint of the containment vessel and configured to rotate at least one of the reactor vessel or the containment vessel about an axis that extends between the support arms and through the approximate midpoint of the containment vessel, the power module supported by the support structure in combination with a buoyancy force of the pool of liquid acting on the containment vessel. | 4,592 |
9,018,513 | 1. A solar cell module, comprising: a plurality of electrically interconnected solar cells; a protective structure at least partially encapsulating the plurality of solar cells, the protective structure comprising a substantially rectangular electrically insulating transparent front layer over a light-facing side of the plurality of solar cells, and an electrically insulating back layer under a back side of the plurality of solar cells, the front layer being substantially rectangular without an oblique cut corner, the back layer being substantially co-extensive with the front layer but comprising an oblique cut corner; and a junction box, electrically connected with the plurality of solar cells, the junction box configured for collection of electric current from said plurality of solar cells and for electrical interconnection with an external device, the junction box mounted on the module in a joint region and covering a portion of the back layer and the oblique cut corner of the back layer of the protective structure without extending over any portion of the front layer; wherein the junction box is electrically connected with the plurality of solar cells via an uninsulated flat lead emerging from the module at the oblique corner cut; wherein a first layer of polymeric sealing material is disposed between a lead-facing portion of the front layer and the lead; and wherein a proximal edge of the lead and a second layer of polymeric sealing material disposed between a lead-facing portion of the back layer and the lead are folded over the back layer at the oblique cut corner of the back layer and the lead is located at a distance of at least three-eighths of an inch from a nearest externally accessible portion of the protective structure. | 35,164 |
9,507,192 | 1. A display device comprising: a cover window having curves at one or more outer blocks of the cover window, an outside and an inside of the cover window each having a shape of a quadrisected arc of a virtual ellipse and together forming a lens, and a thickness of the cover window at one of the outer blocks of the cover window being thicker than a thickness of the cover window at a center of the cover window; and a display panel attached to the inside of the cover window, wherein a length of a long radius of the virtual ellipse corresponding to the outside of the cover window is identical to a length of a quadrisected arc of the virtual ellipse corresponding to the inside of the cover window. | 26,435 |
8,571,016 | 1. A connection arrangement, comprising: a plurality of inputs configured to receive circuit switched traffic from a plurality of initiators; a plurality of outputs configured to output said circuit switched traffic to a network on chip, each of said outputs being associated with a different quality of service; and a traffic controller configured to direct the received circuit switched traffic to respective ones of the outputs in dependence on a quality of service associated with said circuit switched traffic and configured to modify an address associated with said circuit switched traffic in dependence on said quality of service associated with said circuit switched traffic, said address comprising a destination address for said circuit switched traffic. | 33,820 |
9,051,187 | 1. A process for converting powdery aluminum dross into an agglomerated alumina containing product comprising: a) providing a powdery aluminum dross which contains aluminum values in the form of Al b) mixing the powdery aluminum dross with water to form a wetted aluminum dross mixture absent added binding material; c) forming the wetted aluminum dross mixture into agglomerates; d) introducing the agglomerates into a pressure vessel; e) allowing a spontaneous exothermic reaction within the agglomerates to occur in a pressure vessel at an elevated pressure and temperature with the formation of ammonia gas; f) allowing the agglomerates to be partially dried to form agglomerated pellets or briquettes; g) removing the agglomerated pellets or briquettes from the pressure vessel; and h) optionally, collecting the ammonia gas. | 47,965 |
8,978,442 | 1. An electric input key comprising: an actuating surface; an analog displacement sensor to generate at least one first displacement signal when the actuating surface is actuated; a digital displacement sensor to generate at least one second displacement signal when the actuating surface is actuated; a calibration device to calibrate the analog displacement sensor using second displacement signals that have been recorded; and an evaluation unit to evaluate the at least one first and second displacement signals, to output a determined switching state, and to carry out a self-diagnosis using calibrated and recorded displacement signals, wherein the at least one second displacement signal comprises a digital on signal corresponding to a switching-on point and a digital off signal corresponding to a switching-off point, and the calibration device calibrates the analog displacement sensor according to a first tolerance range of values around the switching-on point and a second tolerance range of values around the switching-off point. | 35,805 |
9,679,545 | 1. A drum hoop fastening device, for being disposed on a drum, the drum including a drum shell, a drumhead arranged on the drum shell and a drum hoop covering an opening end of the drum shell and the drumhead, an exterior circumferential wall of the drum shell having a connecting portion, the drum hoop having a first through hole along an axial direction, the drum hoop fastening device including: a bearing member, positioned within the first through hole, the bearing member having a second through hole along the axial direction; a fastening member, disposed through the second through hole of the bearing member and screwed with the connecting portion for fixing the drum hoop to the drum shell; wherein one of a wall of the second through hole and an exterior circumferential wall of the fastening member has a first engaging portion extending radially, and the other of the wall of the second through hole and the exterior circumferential wall of the fastening member radially interferes with the first engaging portion. | 12,383 |
8,748,035 | 1. A battery including: a power generating element including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a battery case accommodating the power generating element; a positive electrode terminal member made of aluminum, electrically connected to the positive electrode plate, and extending from inside to outside of the battery case; a negative electrode terminal member made of copper, electrically connected to the negative electrode plate, and extending from the inside to the outside of the battery case; a positive electrode resin member made of an insulating resin, interposed between the positive electrode terminal member and the battery case to insulate therebetween, and covering the periphery of part of the positive electrode terminal member in tight contact therewith; and a negative electrode resin member made of an insulating resin, interposed between the negative electrode terminal member and the battery case to insulate therebetween, and covering the periphery of part of the negative electrode terminal member in tight contact therewith, wherein a positive electrode resin adhesion surface of the positive electrode terminal member with which the positive electrode resin member makes tight contact, and a negative electrode resin adhesion surface of the negative electrode terminal member with which the negative electrode resin member makes tight contact, are both surface-treated to enhance adhesion with respect to the positive electrode resin member and the negative electrode resin member, and wherein a negative electrode sealing length, which is a length of the shortest one of negative electrode seal paths that run on the negative electrode resin adhesion surface from the inside to the outside of the battery case, is formed longer than a positive electrode sealing length, which is a length of the shortest one of positive electrode seal paths that run on the positive electrode resin adhesion surface from the inside to the outside of the battery case. | 236 |
9,125,157 | 1. A method to communicate with a first terminal by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a first set of discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle information for the first terminal from a network entity; transmitting system information including the first set of DRX cycle information; receiving a first message including information indicating that the first terminal supports a high power saving reception mode (HPSRM) from the network entity; and transmitting a second message to the first terminal based on the first DRX cycle information, wherein the first set of DRX cycle information is set longer than a second set of DRX cycle information for a second terminal not supporting a high power saving reception mode (HPSRM) to minimize power consumed by the first terminal. | 3,632 |
9,676,818 | 1. A composition comprising a compound wherein the compound comprises the following structural formula | 20,718 |
9,817,984 | 1. A method comprising: causing, via at least one of one or more computing devices, application-specific data associated with individual ones of a plurality of applications to be stored in a data store, the individual ones of the plurality of applications being associated with a unique application-level security credential, wherein the application-specific data comprises one or more application settings that configure operation of the individual ones of the plurality of applications; identifying, via the at least one of the one or more computing devices, a first application-specific data for a first one of the plurality of applications in response to receiving a first request to access the first application-specific data from the first one of the plurality of applications executed by a first client device, the first request including a first unique application-level security credential, wherein access to the first application-specific data is restricted to other ones of the plurality of applications apart from the first one of the plurality of applications; authenticating, via the at least one of the one or more computing devices, the first one of the plurality of applications that sent the first request based at least in part on the first unique application-level security credential; providing, via the at least one of the one or more computing devices, the first application-specific data to the first one of the plurality of applications executed by the first client device; identifying the first application-specific data for the first one of the plurality of applications in response to receiving a second request to access the first application-specific data from the first one of the plurality of applications executed by a second client device, the second request including the first unique application-level security credential; and causing, via the at least one of the one or more computing devices, cross-application data associated with the individual ones of the plurality of applications to be stored in the data store, wherein the cross-application data comprises one or more additional application settings that configure operation of the individual ones of the plurality of applications, wherein access to the cross-application data is not restricted to other ones of the plurality of applications apart from the first one of the plurality of applications. | 21,651 |
8,711,747 | 1. A method in a network node, the method comprising: transmitting an indication of a periodic interval at which system configuration information is to be transmitted; periodically transmitting a current version of system configuration information at the periodic interval; and in advance of an action time of a new version of system configuration information: periodically transmitting the new version of system configuration information at the periodic interval; and transmitting a flag indicating whether the new version of system configuration information is available. | 34,369 |
9,220,065 | 1. A mobile broadband hotspot having an access point mode, the mobile broadband hotspot comprising: a primary radio transceiver; an auxiliary radio transceiver; and a processor configured to: | 10,403 |
8,696,876 | 1. A molecular reactor core and control apparatus comprising: a molecular core assembly and a molecular control apparatus; and said molecular control apparatus comprising a hermetically sealed non-electrically conductive housing containing said molecular core assembly having: a hollow, cylindrical, fluid skirt located concentrically within said housing of said molecular core assembly, concentrically surrounding an electrically conductive reactor core, and wherein one set of said first and second end plates is connected to a proximal and distal end of said housing of said molecular core assembly, thus forming the hermetic sealing, said skirt configured and adapted to enable unidirectional upward fluid flow within said housing; said electrically conductive reactor core comprising a set of inner and outer conductive plate windings wherein said plate windings each forming an anode and a cathode and having a circumferential diameter almost equal to the diameter of the fluid skirt such that said windings occlude substantially the entirety of the fluid skirt interior area; and a set of contact electrodes electrically coupled to said electrically conductive reactor core and configured and adapted to electrically couple to a power source through said second set of apertures; and wherein said inner and outer conductive plate windings spatially located with relationship to one another such that they are concentrically wound about one another and closely wrapped and insulated from one another as continuous, spirally wound coil plates; and said concentrically wound conductive plate windings containing an interior circular portion; and wherein each of said inner and outer conductive plate windings having an outer most exterior portion comprising electrical contacts for coupling said set of contact electrodes to said electrically conductive reactor core. | 47,623 |
9,814,012 | 1. A resource management method of a machine type communication application, comprising: a machine-to-machine (M2M) application sending a registration updating request message to a local common service entity (CSE), wherein the registration updating request message carries remote registration parameters of the M2M application; the local CSE receiving the registration updating request message and managing remote registration of the M2M application according to an instruction of the remote registration parameters; and the local CSE returning a registration updating response to the M2M application; wherein, the remote registration parameters comprise a remote registration list, wherein the remote registration list comprises an identifier of a remote CSE to which the M2M application is to be registered; wherein, the local CSE managing remote registration of the M2M application according to an instruction of the remote registration parameters comprises: the local CSE comparing the remote registration list with a registered remote CSE list of the M2M application stored locally, judging whether there is an identifier of a remote CSE which does not appear in the registered remote CSE list in the remote registration list; if yes, sending a remote registration request to the remote CSE, registering the M2M application to the remote CSE, and adding an identifier of the remote CSE to which the application is successfully registered into the registered remote CSE list; and judging whether there is an identifier of a remote CSE which does not appear in the remote registration list in the registered remote list; if yes, sending a remote un-registration request to the remote CSE, un-registering the M2M application from the remote CSE, and deleting an identifier of the remote CSE from which the M2M application is successfully un-registered from the registered remote CSE list; wherein, identifiers of all remote CSEs to which the M2M application is successfully registered are recorded in the registered remote CSE list. | 31,441 |
9,732,434 | 1. A method of electroplating nickel onto one or more semiconductor substrates, the method comprising: placing a semiconductor substrate in a cathode chamber of an electroplating cell having an anode chamber containing a substantially sulfur-free nickel anode; contacting an electrolyte solution having reduced oxygen concentration with the substantially sulfur-free nickel anode contained in the anode chamber; electroplating nickel from the electrolyte solution onto the semiconductor substrate placed in the cathode chamber, while the electrolyte solution in the cathode chamber is maintained at a predetermined pH range; sensing the pH of the electrolyte solution; and further reducing the oxygen concentration in the electrolyte solution prior to flowing it into the anode chamber when the sensed pH of the electrolyte solution is more than a predetermined threshold value. | 14,621 |
8,468,377 | 1. One or more tangible device-readable media with device-executable instructions recorded thereon, the instructions comprising: instructions for setting parameters of a power management policy for at least a part of a computing device based on at least one of: | 23,735 |
8,944,778 | 1. A liquid ring pump for generating vacuum and for pumping a flow of sewage in a vacuum sewage system, wherein the liquid ring pump comprises, in the direction of the flow of sewage, a pump inlet, an inlet chamber, a pump housing provided with a rotor arranged on a drive shaft, an outlet chamber, the drive shaft extending from the housing into the outlet chamber, the drive shaft having a mechanical seal, wherein the mechanical seal is arranged on a portion of the drive shaft that passes through the outlet chamber, an integrated extension comprising an extended volume extending from the outlet chamber, the integrated extension having a width that extends over the outlet chamber, wherein the integrated extension provides a continuation and enlargement of the outlet chamber extending toward a pump outlet, and the pump outlet arranged at an end of the integrated extension, in the direction of the flow of sewage, wherein the pump inlet is arranged to be connected to a collector for receiving the flow of sewage, wherein the pump outlet is arranged to be connected to a discharge pipe for discharging the flow of sewage, and wherein the mechanical seal is arranged to be lubricated by the flow of sewage as the flow of sewage flows from the pump housing into and through the outlet chamber and the integrated extension of the outlet chamber from where it is discharged through the pump outlet into the discharge pipe. | 5,578 |
9,321,868 | 1. A process for the production of a copolymer, comprising: (a) esterifying a polyacrylic or polymethacrylic acid with one or two alcohols in the presence of a strong acid as a catalyst in a reacting mixture forming water; and (b) extracting the water directly from the reacting mixture through a membrane without distillation of the reacting mixture; and wherein esterification in (a) is carried out at a temperature in the range of 30° C. to about 50° C. | 47,637 |
9,046,477 | 1. A method comprising: restraining a plurality of spectrally labeled bodies with affinity binding so as to define a multiplexed array, wherein the spectrally labeled bodies are spatially resolved and comprise a plurality of fluorescent labels used to encode discrete and different absorption and emission spectra wherein each emission spectrum has a plurality of signals at differing wavelengths; directing an image of the multiplexed array of bodies onto a sensor to sense spectra generated by the bodies; and identifying the bodies from the spectra sensed by the sensor. | 25,994 |
9,240,411 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate including a first active region, a second active region and a field region, the field region being disposed between the first active region and the second active region, the field region directly contacting both the first active region and the second active region; an interlayer dielectric layer disposed on or above the substrate and including a trench; a gate dielectric layer disposed in the trench and including a high-k material, the gate dielectric layer including a first side portion formed on a first sidewall of the trench, a second side portion formed on a second sidewall of the trench and a bottom portion formed on a bottom surface of the trench; a first metal gate electrode disposed on or above the first active region, and disposed on or above the gate dielectric layer; and a second metal gate electrode disposed on or above the second active region, and disposed on or above the gate dielectric layer, wherein the first metal gate electrode directly contacts the second metal gate electrode, a contact surface between the first metal gate electrode and the second metal gate electrode is closer to the first active region than to the second active region, the contact surface being disposed on or above the field region, a depth of the second metal gate electrode is greater than a depth of the first metal gate electrode, and the interlayer dielectric layer does not directly contact the first metal gate electrode and the second metal gate electrode. | 3,316 |
8,880,021 | 1. A method for updating physical address location information of a wireless device for E-911 services, said method comprising: determining a current geographic coordinate location of a wireless device in communication with a data packet communications network; and in response to determining that the current geographic coordinate location of the wireless device has moved beyond 100 feet from a last recorded geographic coordinate location, determining a physical address location associated with the current geographic coordinate location by receiving current physical address location from user input or from a networked database; storing a record on the wireless device to associate the current physical address location with the current geographic coordinate location. | 23,641 |
9,472,575 | 1. A field-effect transistor (FET) structure comprising: a plurality of fins formed on a semiconductor substrate; wherein the plurality of fins includes a first fin, the first fin comprising a base portion of the first fin and an upper portion of the first fin, the base portion of the first fin comprising relaxed silicon-germanium (SiGe) and the upper portion of the first fin comprising a first semiconductor material, and wherein (i) both the upper portion of the first fin and the base portion of the first fin have a substantially similar width and (ii) the upper portion of the first fin is of a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the base portion of the first fin. | 9,986 |
9,250,220 | 1. A method for providing a warning when a minimum bend radius of a cable is being approached, comprising: bending a cable system comprising (1) a central cable; (2) an inner membrane having a higher minimum bend radius than the central cable and surrounding the central cable, thereby creating an inner chamber, the inner chamber comprising a gas or at least one chemical; (3) an outer membrane surrounding the inner membrane and creating an outer chamber, the outer chamber comprising a gas or at least one chemical; and (4) at least one pair of separating walls that isolate at least one section of the inner chamber and at least one section of the outer chamber surrounding the central cable, wherein the at least one pair of separating walls comprise a double-walled section between which the inner and outer chambers are free of any reactive gases or chemicals; breaking or fracturing the inner membrane; and said gas or at least one chemical in the inner chamber entering the outer chamber, thereby creating a chemiluminescene reaction, a color, or a smell. | 8,423 |
9,404,682 | 1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator cabinet; a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet; a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet; an ice compartment disposed within and at an upper corner of the cabinet; an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control temperature in the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment; an ice compartment temperature sensor associated with the ice compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; a fresh food compartment temperature sensor associated with the fresh food compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; a freezer compartment temperature sensor associated with the freezer compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; an ambient temperature sensor electrically connected to the electronic control system; and wherein the electronic control system includes a microprocessor that performs a subroutine comprising calculating control temperature values and regressed temperature values for at least one of the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment, and the ice compartment based, at least in part, on temperature readings from at least one of the ice compartment sensor, the fresh food compartment sensor, and the freezer compartment sensor. | 33,139 |
9,369,930 | 1. A method of communication by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a control transmission associated with a first cell identifier from a first set of points within a cell of a macro node, the first cell identifier being associated with the macro node; receiving a data transmission associated with a second cell identifier from a second set of points within the cell of the macro node, the second cell identifier being associated with the macro node; and receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) associated with one of the first cell identifier or the second cell identifier based on a UE assigned CSI-RS configuration, wherein the first cell identifier is different from the second cell identifier, and wherein the first set of points is different than the second set of points. | 2,551 |
9,127,642 | 1. A method for adjusting the power output of a wind turbine based on component operating temperatures, the method comprising: receiving a signal associated with an operating temperature of the wind turbine; generating a first power curve and a second power curve for the wind turbine, each of the first and second power curves providing a correlation between the operating temperature and a power output of the wind turbine; determining a desired power output range of the wind turbine at the operating temperature based on the first and second power curves; comparing the power output of the wind turbine to the desired power output range; and, adjusting the power output when the power output is outside the desired power output range. | 6,834 |
9,454,408 | 1. A method for managing network utility of one or more applications in a data center network, the method comprising: computing a network utility value for each of multiple applications in the data center network; determining a virtual machine placement in a virtual oversubscribed cluster and an application flow routing within the data center network for each of the multiple applications which have a computed network utility value below a pre-determined network utility threshold, wherein said determining comprises computing the number of unsatisfied virtual machines in the virtual oversubscribed cluster as the number of virtual machines in the virtual oversubscribed cluster for which a ratio between current network bandwidth reservation and desired network bandwidth reservation is less than the pre-determined network utility threshold; and based on said determining, re-routing one or more of the multiple application flow routings and performing a virtual machine migration of one or more virtual machines associated with at least one of the multiple applications which have a computed network utility value below the pre-determined network utility threshold to the virtual oversubscribed cluster; wherein the steps are carried out by at least one computer device. | 32,857 |
9,509,141 | 1. A wind turbine device, comprising: a power output of the wind turbine device coupleable to an electricity network; an alternating current (AC) power unit; a coupler connected between an output of the power unit and a line connected to carry power output of the wind turbine device, wherein the coupler is switchable to be in a connect state or a disconnect state, wherein the power unit is arranged to generate an AC voltage that is coupled to the power output of the wind turbine device via the coupler in case of a black-out of the electricity network whereupon the coupler is switched to the connect state, the voltage generated by the power unit that is coupled to the power output of the wind turbine device being configured to imitate the electricity network in its running state; a grid-side converter device for receiving power generated by a wind turbine generator of the wind turbine device and providing, in response hereto, a converted AC power at a grid-side converter output; and a phase controller for synchronizing the phase angle of the converted AC power at the grid-side converter output with the phase angle of the AC voltage generated by the AC power unit that is coupled to the power output of the wind turbine device, the phase controller configured to perform said synchronizing when the wind turbine device is restarted in case of the black-out of the electricity network. | 11,611 |
8,471,397 | 1. A floating device for harnessing swell energy by lateral overflow which comprises a structure formed by hulls which converge in plan view in fore-and-aft direction, of variable freeboard, descending from a certain point close to mid-length, producing the lateral overflow about said hulls by the mass of water of the crest of the wave noticeably perpendicular to its interior sides; collection tanks, situated on the hulls in the overflow area at different levels in accordance with the freeboard of the span of hull wherein each tank collects the overflow, each connected to the corresponding turbines by means of propulsion ducts; a closure ramp which connects the hulls at their tailwater end (abaft); a frontal deflector situated on the closure ramp at its midpoint; a ballast tanks located in the bow area of the hulls; and an anchoring system at a single point. | 44,999 |
8,646,999 | 1. A device comprising at least one pressure sensitive key comprising a flexible contact layer spaced apart from a sensor substrate by a spacer layer, the flexible contact layer configured to flex in response to an application of pressure to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input, for a computing device, associated with the pressure sensitive key, at least one of the flexible contact layer or the sensor substrate are configured to at least partially normalize an output resulting from pressure applied at a first location of the flexible contact layer with an output resulting from pressure applied at a second location of the flexible contact layer by using conductors of the sensor substrate at a second location of the sensor substrate that have a larger surface area along a plane of the sensor substrate larger than conductors at a first location of the sensor substrate that corresponds to the first location of the flexible contact layer. | 9,573 |
8,432,536 | 1. A system for determining velocity between first and second platforms, the first platform comprising: a receiver for receiving a signal from the second platform, the receiver including: further comprising local oscillators input to the mixers, wherein the PMs modulate the local oscillators producing the time varying signals, and the time varying signals are mixed with the signal received from the second platform producing the fringe signals. | 42,817 |
8,425,831 | 1. Installation for stainless steel production without electrical energy on the basis of liquid pig-iron and FeCr solids, in which the liquid pig-iron is heated, refined and alloyed after a pretreatment in a blast furnace and in a dephosphorization, desiliconization, desulphurization (DDD) installation, comprising two classical Argon Oxygen Decarburization with Lance (AOD-L) converters arranged in parallel in a process line following the DDD installation, which each receive a partial quantity of a total pig-iron quantity pretreated in the blast furnace and in the DDD installation, wherein the converters are equipped with side nozzles and a top lance, wherein a first of the AOD-L converters has a top lance whose lance head with three or four holes corresponds to Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) blowing technology and a second of the AOD-L converters has a single-hole top lance which is typical for the Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD) process, the AOD-L converters being operatively arranged so as to carry out, in a parallel contrary sequence, necessary chemical process steps of heating, and decarbonizing and alloying using autogenic chemical energy, wherein initially charging and heating are carried out in the first AOD-L converter and decarbonization is initially carried out in the second AOD-L converter. | 14,661 |
9,567,273 | 1. A process for preparing alkylate comprising the subsequent steps (a), (b) and (c): (a) an alkylation step, wherein in a reaction zone a hydrocarbon mixture comprising at least an isoparaffin and an olefin is reacted with an ionic liquid catalyst to obtain an effluent comprising alkylate and solids, which latter are formed as side products in the alkylation step; (b) a separation step, wherein at least part of the alkylate-comprising effluent coming from the reaction zone is separated in a separator unit into a hydrocarbon-rich phase and an ionic liquid catalyst-rich phase which latter phase also comprises solids formed as side products during the alkylation reaction; and (c) a solids removal step, wherein the solids in ionic liquid catalyst-rich phase are separated from the ionic liquid catalyst using a suitable separating device; wherein the process further comprises a step following the separation step (b) and prior to the solids removal step (c), wherein an amount of an organic solvent is added to the ionic liquid catalyst-rich phase, which organic solvent has a viscosity which is significantly lower than that of the ionic liquid and which solvent is at least partially miscible with the ionic liquid. | 16,807 |
8,363,288 | 1. A scanning device, comprising: an image sensing module comprising an image sensor for reading an image of an original document; a first carrier for carrying the original document in a dynamic scanning mode, wherein in the dynamic scanning mode, the image sensing module remains still but the original document moves; a second carrier for carrying the original document in a static scanning mode, wherein in the static scanning mode, the image sensing module moves but the original document remains still; a holder for fixing the first carrier and the second carrier, wherein the holder comprises a transitional portion disposed between the first carrier and the second carrier; wherein there are a first distance between the image sensor and the bottom surface of the first carrier and a second distance between the image sensor and the bottom surface of the second carrier, and the first distance is greater than the second distance. | 13,966 |
8,624,443 | 1. A solar photovoltaic monitoring system for monitoring and controlling a solar photovoltaic inverter, comprising: a wireless transceiver coupled to said solar photovoltaic inverter, said solar photovoltaic inverter comprising a device monitor monitoring and controlling said solar photovoltaic inverter, said monitoring comprising generating monitoring data defining a status of said solar photovoltaic monitoring system and transmitting said monitoring data using said wireless transceiver coupled to said solar photovoltaic inverter; a wireless repeater, said wireless repeater receiving said monitoring data from said solar photovoltaic inverter and retransmitting said monitoring data; and a wireless transceiver coupled to a gateway, said gateway communicating said retransmitted monitoring data received using said wireless transceiver coupled to said gateway to a monitoring station, said gateway transmitting control data received from said monitoring station using said wireless transceiver coupled to said gateway; wherein said wireless repeater further receives said control data from said gateway and retransmits said control data to said solar photovoltaic inverter, wherein said wireless repeater comprises a plurality of spaced apart antennas, wherein a first antenna is in a first wireless communication region of said device monitor and a second antenna is in a second wireless communication region of said gateway, wherein the first and second antennas are electrically coupled in the wireless repeater, wherein the first wireless communication region does not overlap the second wireless communication region; and wherein said controlling in said solar photovoltaic inverter comprises receiving said retransmitted control data from said wireless repeater and controlling said solar photovoltaic inverter dependent on said control data. | 13,837 |
9,093,202 | 1. A spacer assembly, comprising: a first clamping body having first and second ends and first and second protrusions extending from said first and second ends, respectively; a second clamping body having third and fourth ends and third and fourth protrusions extending from said third and fourth ends, respectively; a first gripping member disposed between said first and third ends and having first and second openings for receiving said first and third protrusions, respectively, such that said first and third protrusions pass completely through said first and second openings to contact a first conductor received by said first gripping member; and a second gripping member disposed between said second and fourth ends and having third and fourth openings for receiving said second and fourth protrusions, respectively, such that said second and fourth protrusions pass completely through said third and fourth openings to contact a second conductor received by said second gripping member. | 29,195 |
9,653,187 | 1. A method of operating a nuclear fission reactor, the method comprising: fissioning fissile nuclear fuel material in a plurality of fissile nuclear fuel assemblies in a central core region of a nuclear fission reactor core of a nuclear fission reactor; breeding fissile material in ones of a plurality of fertile nuclear fuel assemblies in the central core region of the nuclear fission reactor core; and shuffling selected ones of the plurality of fissile nuclear fuel assemblies and selected ones and selected others of the plurality of fertile nuclear fuel assemblies in a manner that establishes a standing wave of breeding fissile nuclear fuel material and fissioning fissile nuclear fuel material. | 40,794 |
8,903,429 | 1. A method of estimating the location of a wireless terminal, the method comprising: receiving, at a location engine, a first signal value whose value is evidence of the location of the wireless terminal at time t(1); receiving, at the location engine, a second signal value whose value is evidence of the location of the wireless terminal at time t(1); receiving, at the location engine, a third signal value whose value is evidence of the location of the wireless terminal at time t(2); generating, at the location engine, a first hypothesis for the location for the wireless terminal at time t(1) based on the first signal value having first weight and the second signal value having second weight, wherein the first weight is greater than the second weight; generating, at the location engine, a first hypothesis for the location for the wireless terminal at time t(2) based on the third signal value; and generating, at the location engine, an estimate for the location of the wireless terminal at time t(2) based on: transmitting, from the location engine, the estimate for the location of the wireless terminal at time t(2) for use by a location-based application; wherein the first weight and the second weight are both real non-negative numbers. | 22,879 |
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